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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Walthamstow 1958
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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3. CO-ORDINATION
(a) Staff.—Co-ordination was secured by the fact that all the
school health staff also carried out duties for other health services.
The school nursing staff was equivalent to eight whole-time nurses.
(b) Liaison.—During the year letters were addressed to family
doctors in regard to Bacillary Dysentery, Precautions against
Communicable Diseases and Winter Epidemics.
(c) Hospitals.—Several hospitals continued to send summaries
of their discharge reports in regard to children, notably Whipps
Cross, St. Anns and Ilford Infectious Disease Hospitals, Canadian
Red Cross and the Prince of Wales Hospitals.
The medical and nursing staff continued to visit Dr. Hinden's
children's wards at Whipps Cross Hospital.
4. SCHOOL HYGIENE AND ACCOMMODATION
Accommodation.—The following table shows the number of schools in the Borough at the 31st December:—
| Boys | Girls | Mixed | Infants | Nursery | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| County Secondary Grammar | 1 | 2 | — | — | — |
| County Secondary Technical | — | — | 2 | — | — |
| County Secondary Modern | 2 | 2 | 8 | — | — |
| County Primary Junior | 2 | 2 | 12 | — | — |
| County Primary Infants | — | — | — | 15 | — |
| Voluntary Secondary Modern | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| Voluntary Primary | — | — | 3 | 2 | — |
| County Nursery | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Special Schools for:— | |||||
| Deaf | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| Educationally Subnormal | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| Partially Sighted | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| Physically Handicapped | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| 1958 | 1957 | 1956 | 1955 | 1954 | |
| Number of Children on Register, 31st December | 19,743 | 20,182 | 20,224 | 20,072 | 20,157 |
| Average attendance | 17716.0 | 17552.3 | 18328.2 | 18014.0 | 18139.6 |
| Percentage attendance | 92.2 | 87.2 | 90.6 | 89.7 | 90.0 |
Educational Premises.—The following extracts are taken from
the Annual Report of the Borough Education Officer to the Committee
for Education:—